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Preparation for Workplace Realities: Educating Nursing Students on how to Manage Interruptions
No full textThe Effects of a Tier 1 Self-Regulation Intervention on Elementary Students’ Engagement and Reading Comprehension
No full textAs students’ emotional self-regulation impacts their engagement in learning, as well as their mental health, researchers have called for schools to implement systems of emotional support. However, because school resources are limited, and the demands on teachers’ time continue to grow, identifying emotional self-regulation interventions that teachers can easily implement within their classrooms can be beneficial for student well-being. This study examined the effects of a Tier 1 Self-Regulation Intervention on student engagement and reading comprehension. Within an A-B-A-B-A-B reversal design, a pilot self-regulation intervention was implemented in two classrooms over six weeks. The study’s results indicated that the intervention may have positively impacted student engagement and reading comprehension. Given the study’s positive results, the intervention may be a strategy to support student emotional regulation. Future researchers should consider the benefits of the intervention in larger social and behavioral schoolwide systems, such as MTSS
Social Justice Theatre: Notes From the Field Dramaturgy
Get PDFUnder a dramaturgical lens, I worked to provide the resources and support for responsible and ethical social justice theatre. My research dives into the injustice and oppression depicted in Anna Deavere Smith\u27s play Notes from the Field, which centers around the school-to-prison pipeline in the United States
Modernism’s Mythic Mothers: Queering Motherhood Through Classical Matrilineage
No full textSamantha Lepak\u27s dissertation Modernism\u27s Mythic Mothers: Queering Motherhood Through Classical Matrilineage focuses on the Modernist poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) and her rewritings of Greek mythology that center women, particularly mothers. By writing on this mythology’s women, and by being a woman writer herself, H.D. marks a significant deviation from the male-dominated literary traditions surrounding her which designated the classical world as reserved for men. A classical patrilineage is replaced by matrilineage, with this dissertation arguing H.D.’s role as a mythical mother herself while additionally exploring H.D. in relation to queer theory and concepts of temporality
Organizing for Environmental Justice in Chicago\u27s Northside
Get PDFAs one of Loyola’s Social Justice Interns, Aana Shenai worked as an intern with ONE Northside, a community organizing non-profit based in Chicago’s northside. In addition to learning foundational organizing principles, Aana designed a popular training as her internship project that focused on showing community members the intersections between the climate, environment and energy. Her other work included supporting the ONS Green Schools Campaign by attending school research visits, helping schools find funding for green projects, and building relationships with community partners
The Loss of Neuropeptide F Signaling Reduces the Strength of Locomotor Rhythms But Not Feeding Rhythms
Get PDFCircadian rhythms are produced by an organism’s molecular clock, which exists within specific neurons in the brain. Limited information exists on the pathways that connect the clock to downstream neuronal populations controlling behavior. Neuropeptide F (NPF) is a signaling molecule in Drosophila that is linked both to feeding behavior and circadian rhythms, but whether NPF contributes to rhythmic feeding is unknown. NPF and NPFR mutant flies were utilized to assess locomotor activity and feeding rhythms with behavioral assays. We find flies lacking NPF and NPFR display a decrease in locomotor rhythm strength, though there is no effect on feeding rhythms
Sleep, Psychological Symptoms, and Executive Functioning Over the Pubertal Transition in Adolescent Girls
No full textThis study examines the relationship between sleep, mental health, and executive functioning (EF) across the female pubertal transition. Participants (N=49) assigned female at birth completed two lab visits, before and after menarche, to assess anxiety, depression, and EF. Participants wore an actigraph wristwatch to collect sleep data for 7 days. Results showed that participants had later bedtime post-menarche and no significant changes in psychological symptoms or EF. Sleep did not moderate the relationship between premenarchal mental health and post-menarcheal EF. These findings contrast with prior research, highlighting the need for further studies with larger, more diverse samples to better understand these processes
Molecular Dynamic Simulation of the Dissociation of Acetylsalicylic Acid with Different Co-Crystals
No full textAdding co-crystals to a drug is a viable technique used in the field of pharmacology to improve the dissociation of a target drug. In our project, we examined the rate of dissolution of Acetaminophen using molecular dynamic (MD) simulations, and how it varies when different co-crystals are added in. We will specifically be using oxalate and citrate. The goal of this project is to be able to determine how different co-crystals interact with Acetaminophen to be able to predict similar interactions in the future. The results will be useful for pharmaceutical research and drug development
Women’s Mud Cloth Skirt (Bogolanfini)
Get PDFThe Bogolafini mud cloth is made by and for the Bamana people. This mud cloth is made to be a woman\u27s skirt. It shows through art of the many patterns, the Bamana culture, history, folklore, values, and everyday life of the Bamana Peopl
AI-Driven Systems in MTSS: Potential Opportunities and Challenges
No full textMulti-tiered systems and support (MTSS) offers a framework for schools to provide equitable learning opportunities. However, implementing MTSS with fidelity can be challenging due to limited resources that many schools experience. As a result, more educators are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) tools as a solution to resource limitations. This article examines how AI tools can strengthen MTSS, specifically, improvement to inclusive practices, data analysis, intervention implementation, progress monitoring, personalized learning, student engagement, and teacher efficiency. The article also examines potential risks related to using AI tools within MTSS such as ethical considerations, date security, data quality, bias potential, financial limitations, and professional development needs. Additionally, practice implications are provided to guide school psychologists in leading responsible AI implementation within MTSS frameworks